Accurate
Imaging Technologies made headlines at CES with their latest CRT-based
projection system that uses technology that keeps the video signal
completely in the digital domain from DVD to the projector. The Digital
Pathway concept avoids the constant up and down, analog to digital to
analog, conversions at every stage of the video chain, which can
degrade the overall picture quality. This Digital Pathway concept makes
it possible for an entry-level 8-inch CRT projector to surpass the
picture quality often associated with 9-inch models using very
expensive outboard processors.

Using their $37,000
system, which consists of an 8-inch CRT projector with their new
internal scaler card (no outboard video processor AKA: “a line
doubler”), an exclusive DVD player with a pure digital output, Accurate
Imaging’s off-site exhibit had critics talking.

Accurate Imaging’s demonstration consisted of the Accurate XL, a
$26,500 CRT-projector, which can be outfitted with the exclusive and
unique Digital Pathway that includes the Accurate Integral HD Scaler
Card, which fits in a special slot inside the projector itself. The
Accurate Integral receives a digital video signal directly from their
Digital Pathway Matrix One DVD Player. The scaler card upconverts the
incoming signal to high definition, either 720p, 1080i, or 1080p, never
leaving the digital domain. The Accurate Integral Scaler card retails
for $5,000 and fits all Accurate Imaging CRT projectors as well as the
Vidikron vision series of projectors.

The Matrix One DVD player features state-of-the-art audio components,
DVD Audio and SACD decoding, resulting in imaging and sound staging
associated with high-end audio performance. In addition to the digital
video output (BNC connector), a digital coax, Firewire and standard
analog stereo audio outputs are offered. The Matrix One DVD retails for
$5,500.